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Although they posted a season-high191.300against Cal State Fullerton on Sunday,the disappointment in coach John Lavallee’s voice was at once palpable. “We came down to the end,” said Lavallee following the loss to the Titans,who scored a193.125. “We had some trouble on beam; we had to count two falls on beam.We were pretty close to putting up a really good score.“

UC Davis took on a pair of conference foes this weekend,defeating Oregon State22-12Friday night at the Pavilion before falling to Cal State Fullerton22-12on Sunday afternoon. After splitting their weekend duals,the Aggies stand at3-3in Pacific-10Conference action and7-5overall.

The Aggies won the games they were supposed to win,but not exactly in the fashion that everyone expected. Saturday proved that the young and inexperienced Aggies had great depth,with11different playersscoring in the two-game split. On Sunday,junior Ashley Chandler and a true freshman Kaylee Miller each scored three goals on the day to lead the Aggies to another1-1day of surprising action.

The Aggie men brought one distance runner up to Washington for Saturday’s season debut. They returned home with one school record. After redshirting the cross country season due to injury, sophomore Jonathan Peterson returned to action in style, clocking 8:16.99 to take third in his heat of the 3,000m. Already No. 2 in the outdoor 3,000m, his time crushed the old indoor mark held by former Aggie great Chris Ferren-Cirino (2007).

Vince Oliver threw it up.Mark Payne slammed it down. That was only the beginning. Payne stole the ball from Pacific’s Brian LeDuc on the next possession,running the length of the floor to fight his way to the free throw stripe for a chance to give UC Davis the lead late in the first half.

The UC Davis men’s basketball team closed the first half of its conference schedule with a second half it’d rather soon forget. Pacific responded from a 30-26 halftime deficit to shoot 67.9 percent from floor out of the break, outscoring the Aggies 26-4 in the paint to roll to an 80-65 win at the Pavilion on Saturday night. “I thought they were far more aggressive than us in the second half,” said coach Gary Stewart. “We didn’t stop them. That was the difference in the game.”

Men’s coach Pete Motekaitis said Saturday’s dual with Cal State Bakersfield made for a good day at the Schaal Aquatics Center. That could be called an understatement. Both UC Davis‘ men’s and women’s teams posted decisive victories,knocking off the Roadrunners160-117and162-123,respectively.

Coach Sandy Simpson stressed one major point after his team’s 63-60 loss to Pacific on Saturday night: rebounding. “The second half came down to rebounding,” Simpson said. “They got too many second chances.” Pacific dominated UC Davis on the boards, outrebounding the Aggies 17-9 on the offensive glass and 37-27 overall as the Tigers proved to be too much.

Entering this weekend’s matches, the Aggies weren’t sure what direction the rest of their season would go. On Wednesday, the UC Davis women’s tennis team fell 7-0 to No. 10 Stanford, pushing their overall record under .500 for the first time this season. But as Friday rolled around, the Aggies knew exactly where they were headed, knocking off Santa Clara, 5-2, before blanking UC Santa Cruz on Sunday, 7-0.

Abbreviations are big in track and field. There’s the typical W (win), there’s PR (personal record) and its relatives MR (meet record), NR (national record), and WR (world record) and the less pleasant DQ (disqualified) and DNF (did not finish). For senior Kaitlin Gregg, what mattered after her 3,000m race was just a simple P – for provisional national qualifier.

Teams:UC Davis at Cal State Fullerton Where:Titan Gym – Fullerton,Calif. When:Sunday at noon Who to watch:After sitting out the San Jose State meetdueto injury,junior Michelle Bobonski bounced back in impressive fashion,posting a season-best on both vault (9.750) and beam (9.575).

Teams:UC Davis vs.Pacific Records:Aggies,9-11 (4-3); Tigers,11-6 (4-3) Where:The Pavilion When:Saturday at7p.m. Radio:KHTK (1140-AM) Who to watch:Mark Payne called it miserable.He called it humiliating.He called it the worst day ever. In front of his family and friends,the Stockton native faced his hometown team last year when UC Davis played at Pacific,and the game turned into a95-50nightmare.